The issue of traceability has been a flashpoint between the government and WhatsApp, and the Facebook-owned messaging platform has so far resisted India's demand for identification of message originators, arguing that doing so would undermine its policy on privacy and end-to-end encryption

The probe pertains to a larger I-T probe, which started in 2011, under which around 700 India individuals and entities are being investigated for holding accounts in HSBC Bank in Geneva; Reliance Industries has denied receiving \"any such notices from the income tax department\"

In 2018-19, India had trade deficit with 11 out of 20 RCEP countries. In 2017-18, it had a trade deficit of $104 billion with all RCEP countries; more than half of this ($57.86 trillion) was with China

Rituparna Chakraborty, President of the Indian Staffing Federation and Co-founder at staffing firm TeamLease told Business Today that compared to the same period last year, the flexi-hiring industry has witnessed a jump of 10-15 per cent in demand

The bench further said it will not go into the merits of the case and would simply decide the transfer petition filed by Facebook seeking transfer of such cases pending before high courts of Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh to the top court

The e-commerce player saw its stock dive down over 9 per cent in the past four trading days, after its portfolio company Zomato laid off 540 employees on Saturday. Investors see this as a sign of spreading slowdown in consumption.